Trying to keep Lisa under some kind of control was challenging enough without his Mother making it all the more difficult. He'd quickly got used to the fact that there was no telling Lisa anything and the more you insisted she shouldn't do something the more she felt the need to do it. But after the exhaustion she was obviously suffering from yesterday it never crossed his mind she'd do much more than relax in the house during their trip to London. How wrong was he! Waking up the next morning, rather later than normal, he fully expected Lisa to still be asleep but no she was already up dressed and chatting away to his mum, nothing out of the normal. Greeting the pair, through a yawn, his head was still asleep."Morning." Clocking that she was there and no in fact asleep as he expected he gave a puzzled look to her. "I thought you'd still be asleep."

Pushing herself off the kitchen chair that she'd sat at for too long she smiles at him, grabbing her bag as she does."We're not all as lazy as you. Plus we're going out."

Suddenly all sleepiness was gone and confusion took over."Out?! Where?!" His reaction was met with great amusement from both woman in the kitchen, only confusing him more. "What's so funny?!"

"I told you he wouldn't like it." Duffy replied, still giggling to herself before adding for his benefit. "We're going out shopping for the day if you must know."

Now confusion was replaced with outrage how on earth could she think this was a good idea? "Shopping?! You're 38 weeks pregnant! I hardly think walking around London all day is the best idea!"

Rolling her eyes and glancing towards Catherine with a `I knew he'd react like this` look upon her face she shakes her head but it was his mother who replied.

"And? Your point been? So what if she's 38 weeks? What's wrong with a bit of shopping?"

"The trip down here was risky enough without adding a shopping trip mother! You know full well it could set off labour." One thing Duffy couldn't stand was people talking about her like she wasn't there and Andrew was terrible for it!

"So? It's hardly dangerous at this stage is it? I've rather had enough now anyway labour is more than welcomed. I'll be fine just spend time with your dad." Grabbing her coat, which didn't really fit at this stage, she knew he still wouldn't be pleased but honest couldn't care less.

Groaning he shakes his head in disgust, they really were impossible."Oh fine but come straight back if you don't feel right. Please!"

Both woman began giggling once more before leaving the house without another word leaving Andrew nothing less than frustrated with the both of them. Duffy might have no problem with going into labour but he sure did! He didn't feel prepared in the slightest and an extra week or two would help greatly, or so he hoped anyway. He knew they had everything they needed but he still needed to get his head round it all and the fact that it was going to happen at any moment. He was a man who had a real need to have total control and there was no way he could have even the slightest control of this and that scared him.

You could never really be completely prepared and Duffy had accepted that, she'd had enough time to come to terms with it. Plus if Andrew had her backache and inability to get comfy anywhere she was sure he'd want this pregnancy over as soon as possible in all. At least she could breathe more easy since the baby finally dropped yesterday but other than that her symptoms didn't get any easier. But right now she had other things to focus on, they'd been in some insanely overpriced London based baby shop for quite a while now and so far she was failing to stop Catherine half the shop.

"Seriously Catherine one baby grow is more than enough!" She couldn't help but gasp at the next product she shoved in her basket, how did people afford this?"Catherine! It's too expensive!"

"Don't be silly! I have the money and I want to, leave me be." Unfortunately enough for Duffy Catherine had a fantastic way of changing the conversation, something she was picking up on very quickly. "Andrew really cares for you, you know."

Stopping she pretends to look at some cream coloured rabbits, whilst trying not to let Catherine see that in case she buys it. "I know he does..."

"I've not seen him like this with anyone else before. He's normally so carefree like it doesn't matter."

"That is how we were but even before all this I could see it heading somewhere else and it scared me. That wasn't how it was meant to be. Even though I told myself it was nothing a hundred times after we spilt."

"Scared you?"

"I've been hurt too many times before to go back into a relationship that easily." Lisa had told her quite openly how scared she was when she found how she was pregnant but not much about their relationship before that point.

"He wouldn't hurt you love, not on purpose. He might not think half the time but what man does? I really have never seen him care for anyone the way he cares for you." Smiling Catherine places a hand on Lisas arm before continuing with her shopping.